Ukraine 2005 2 hryvni Fr-23
This specimen was lot 993 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "UKRAINE: Republic, AV 2 hryvni, 2005, The Smallest Golden Coin Series - Scythian Gold Horseman, struck at the Ukrainian mint, Kyiv, Proof. This type shows a golden plaque depicting a relief sideview figure of a Scythian horseman, which was found in 1830 during archeological excavations of the Kul-Oba burial mound near the city of Kerch." The hryvnia was introduced in 1996 to supersede the Karbovanets (1 hryvnia = 100,000 karbovanetsiv). Its sign is "₴". At present (June 2026), US$1 = 45.07 hryven. The gold horseman shown here was found in Crimea in 1830. It was on display in Amsterdam along with other treasures when Russia invaded and occupied Crimea in 2014. A court battle ensued over custody of the objects in the exhibition, won by Ukraine in December 2016.
Recorded mintage: 15,000 proofs.
Specifications: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 13.92 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-23, KM-351, Zahreba-3M.2.3.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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